Vanity case



Y Sept. 2, 1930. J. F. BABBITT 1,114,543

" VANITY CASE Filed June 1, 1929 jnyerzfor 0 (/36 72/ 1 Bqfiz'if ATTORNEYB i atented Sept. 2, 1930 NITED-stares Parent caries JOHN FRANCIS BARRETT, QF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGHOR T JOHN V. PILCHEB,

. OF LEUISVILLE, KENTUCKY VANITY EASE Application filed June 1,

My said invention relates to improvements in vanity cases and aims to provide a construction which may be manufactured at an extremely low cost and will be of attractive and convenient form.

The invention further aims to provide a vanity case having improved catch means for holding the cover closed which catch means may be easily manufactured and applied to the case after the latter is finished and with out. the use of rivets.

A further object is to provide a vanity case embodying improved powder and rouge holding means.

vVith these and other objects in vien which will hereinafter appear the invention includes the novel features of construction and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and defined by the appended claims.

An embodiment of the invention is illus trated in the accompanying drawing in which the case is shown as of elongated rectangular form, but it will be understood that I do not limit myself to this particular shape.

In these drawings:

Figure l. isa plan view of the case.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is an end view.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the case open.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 4;.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Figs. 7 and 8 and 9 are enlarged detail views of the catch.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the bottom member of the case from which the trays and stamped insert. shown in the lefthand (bottom) member of Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, have been removed.

Referring by reference characters to these drawings. the numeral 1 designates the lower or body section for containing the powder and rouge. and 2 the cover section, these being preferably of duplicate shape and formed of pressed sheet metal with vertical or sub stantially vertical side and end walls. They are pivotally connected together by suitable hinge means indicated at 3.

For securing the sections in closed position, I provide catch means comprising a catch member 4 carried by a spring wire 5 1929. Serial No. 367/327.

which of course could be applied to .either section but is preferably, as shown, applied to the body section 1, the end wall of said section opposite the hinge being provided with an elongated slot 3:.

The spring wire 5 is shaped to lie along the inner face of said end wall and has branches or legs 5 which extend down the two side walls, preferably the full length.

thereof so that their ends abut against the hin earn wail.

. ermediate portion of the wire is provided with a bowed portion 5" adapted to project through the slot or opening l in the end wall of the case.

The catch member 4 is formed of sheet metal embodying an approximately semi-circular portion P with parallel walls providing a recess to receive the bow portion 5" of the wire. After the wire has been inserted, one of said walls, (the bottom) is bent or deflected into the space within the bow to lock the catch member and wire bow together. The upper wall is provided with an integral upstanding lip adapted, when the case is closed to project within the end wall of the cover section, and said lip 49 is provided with a nib or projection 6 formed by an outward punch of the metal of the lip. This nib or projection b is designed to engage an abutment on the cover which is preferably formed by slitting the metal of the end wall of the cover and bending the portion of the metal immediately above said slot outward whereby the lower edge of the slit forms a ledge to cooperate with said nib.

By this arrangement, it will be seen that the catch and its portion which forms the push piece may be readily stamped up from sheet metal and applied to the wire by automatic machinery without the use of rivets and in an extremely economical and expe ditious manner, and the wire may be likewise formed by such automatic machines.

The spring and catch assembly can be applied to the case after this has been finished by simply slipping it into position whereby injury to the enameled or finished surface of the case is avoided. Further, this method enables me to readily apply to cases of one mil color a catch of a contrasting color as a novelty and to var the color of the catch relative to the case by mere selection, the catches and cases being interchangeable.

While the catch is shown as applied to a rectangular case, it is obvious that it is applicable to one of other shape by corresponding change in the shape of the spring.

6 designates an insert which is stamped up from sheet metal with over turned edges 6 and a cross rib 6 providing two compartments to receive powder and rouge pans 7 and 8.

Tongues 6 and C are struck up from one of the end edges 6 and the cross rib 6 and these tongues overlie the edges of the pans and retain them in position.

The cover section is provided with a mirror 9 held in place by an insert 10 which is retained in position by nibs or projections 1O on the sides of the cover section.

I claim:

1. In a vanity case comprising a pair of hinged sections, one of said sections having an opening in its wall opposite the hinge, a spring lying withinsaid wall having a bowed portion projecting through said opening, a catch member of sheet metal having a part bent around said bowed portion and likewise projecting through the said openin and means carried by the other section or engagin said catch means.

2. A vanity case according to claim 1 in which the catch member completely encloses the bowed portion.

3. A. vanity case according to claim 1 in which the catch member has an upstanding tongue provided with catch projection punched therefrom which engages an abutment carried by the cover section.

4-. A. vanity case according to claim 1 in which the abutment on the cover section is formed by a slit in the wall of the cover section with the metal of the wall pressed outward above said slit whereby the catch member engages the top edge of the slit.

5. A. vanity case according to claim 1 in which the side walls of the case are vertical and the free portions of the catch spring are retained by a lining insert having a rolled edge overlying said wire portions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN FRANCIS BABBITT. 

